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Cognex price to free cash flow CGNX

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
34.8×
10-year median
41.9×
Against its 10-year history
17th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
24.7× to 113×
Peer median
24.2×

Cognex's price to free cash flow is 34.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 41.9×, lower than on 83% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 24.7× in Feb 2018 to 113× in Jul 2024.

The median for 10 electronic components stocks of a similar size is 24.2×.

Price to free cash flow over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far34.8×28.9×46.8×
202528.7×27.9×75.4×
202467.1×43.8×113×
202349.7×31.7×50.3×
202238.4×30.2×45.5×
202142.0×40.6×72.6×
202067.0×30.2×67.4×
201941.0×29.1×51.8×
201832.5×24.7×59.5×
201727.4×27.3×53.3×
201640.3×17.0×40.9×
201520.2×20.2×41.0×
201442.3×33.3×49.0×
201343.0×13.1×43.0×
201217.3×16.1×24.2×
201118.0×11.9×18.7×

Against its peers

Companies in Hardware, Equipment & Parts nearest Cognex's size, closest first, today.

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
CGNXCognex34.8×
AEISAdvanced Energy Industries100×
TTMITTM Technologiesn/m
SANMSanmina14.0×
VICRVicor158×
MKSIMKS29.2×
STSensata Technologies10.1×
PLXSPlexus93.5×
FTVFortive19.1×
VSHVishay Intertechnologyn/m
BDCBelden19.2×
Peer median24.2×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.